Click to expand.well i would assume they use the same new masters for all of these vinyl pressings, regardless of where you get them. BUT that is an assumption. Maybe I am wrong.
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I don't think SRC presses these themselves. They had a delay in shipping to me because they were delayed in receiving the shipment to themselves. If other people are saying theres sound great then it has to be a pressing issue. I've had one other new album I bought in the past that played back in a similar way. Super crunchy and distorted.
Returned it to the store, was given another one and it sounded perfect. Click to expand.Just going to be the obvious one to throw this out there, but since you didn't mention it, did you try cleaning the album? I have a friend who had bought a Weezer album, which he described similarly to the way you said your copy of this album sounded.
I asked him the same, and once he gave it a good run through a record cleaner and played it again, suddenly there was a night and day difference. You wouldn't think you should have to clean new viny, but sometimes. It's either that, or you just got a bad copy. Could have just been a particular bad puck of vinyl that went into the press, or even a run of them that was inferior, depending on where in the run they occurred. Just going to be the obvious one to throw this out there, but since you didn't mention it, did you try cleaning the album? I have a friend who had bought a Weezer album, which he described similarly to the way you said your copy of this album sounded.
I asked him the same, and once he gave it a good run through a record cleaner and played it again, suddenly there was a night and day difference. You wouldn't think you should have to clean new viny, but sometimes.
It's either that, or you just got a bad copy. Could have just been a particular bad puck of vinyl that went into the press, or even a run of them that was inferior, depending on where in the run they occurred. I have had a cursory listen to this. I am definitely hearing an upgrade on the cd in certain areas. However, the bass can be a little ill defined at times. Earlier issues that was experiencing could be down to the fact that the bass is quite present on this cut and, depending on setup.i.e. Whether your system leans towards bright or warm could be a decisive factor on whether the bass can overtake everything else.
I personally like how this sounds.it's not perfect, but its probably better than I thought it would be. I like the fact that it leans towards the warm side.I do wonder if the high frequencies are slightly rolled off but I'm not having major issues and I am pretty happy with this. Just got this today. Red vinyl version. The single worst album I have and I have over a thousand. This is an “autopilot” mastering by GZ.
I am betting that nobody in the production chain even took even a second to see if the record actually sounded any good. Probably cut from a digital file emailed by WEA to GZ who did their “virtual cut” to check that each side fitted but without any actual mastering.
Where’s the top end? And I am listening on an AT150MLX which is supposedly bright! Get the CD instead.
I actually own an original copy of the 1998 vinyl pressing. I'm very familiar with the CD and have played the original LP maybe 5 times ever. I've always thought the LP sounded good but never really did an A-B comparison until last night, when I did an A-B-C comparison of the original CD, LP and the recent LP reissue.
I must say that I agree with Paully regarding the squashed dynamics and missing top end of the 2017 reissue. I was flipping between that and the CD, and while the CD was clearly a lot louder, when I turned the volume down the top end just sounded so much better and detailed. When I would flip to the LP it really sounded like someone had thrown a towel over my speakers.
I thought the CD had a nice clean sound and the vinyl sounded distorted in comparison. Then I put on the original 1998 LP pressing. It didn't completely knock my socks off either. It wasn't as loud as the CD and the top end was there. It also sounded a little warmer than the CD but it didn't blow it away by any means. If I had to rank them, I'd say Original LP, CD and then 2017 LP reissue.
Just got this today. Red vinyl version. The single worst album I have and I have over a thousand.
This is an “autopilot” mastering by GZ. I am betting that nobody in the production chain even took even a second to see if the record actually sounded any good. Probably cut from a digital file emailed by WEA to GZ who did their “virtual cut” to check that each side fitted but without any actual mastering. Where’s the top end? And I am listening on an AT150MLX which is supposedly bright!